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Choosing HOW to Spend My Time Download PDF Allot a certain amount of time to a task and finish it within that time. (Unless you’re doing something for the first time, you know about how long it should take you to do the task. Always do the most important task first – the one that...

I Have NO TIME to Make Time for All of the Conference Planning Tasks! Download PDF Is this you? Trying to work faster than the clock ticks? Feeling like you’ll never get everything done? Worried that you’ll miss a deadline or task? Scared you’ll make mistakes? Be a Conference LEADER (and stop being a Runner) Understand your Leadership...

You Know TOO Much! Download PDF Do you believe there is such a thing as “too much knowledge”? Perhaps you’d run the risk of being called a “smarty pants” by people. (Joe thinks he knows everything!) You know better! There’s no such thing as too much knowledge. Knowledge is POWER. Who among us doesn’t need more...

Utilizing My Board Members & Volunteers to the Max! Download PDF Having more than 30 years of experience being on and working with nonprofit boards, volunteers and conferences, I have these observations: It’s difficult to get people to help with a conference. They sign up – but they don’t always show up. The tasks they are assigned are...

Giving Engaging Presentations Download PDF Do you dread sitting through another PowerPoint presentation? Do you wish you had alternatives to giving another PowerPoint presentation to your audiences? There are other options… Some Facts about Adults as Learners Adults learn best when they perceive the outcomes of the learning process as valuable--contributing to their own development, work success, etc. Adults...

Are Your Speakers “Clued In”? Download PDF Have you ever attended a conference, heard incredibly valuable information, and not been able to tell your colleagues very much at all about what you learned? Well, you’re certainly not alone! Most conference speakers give very informative lectures. The problem is that people do not learn very well from lectures. In...

How to Know When ENOUGH is ENOUGH (Is Your Conference Program Committee Too Comfortable Repeating?) Download PDF “We had good attendance this year. Let’s do the same thing next year!” Do you find your conference Program Committee enlisting the same speakers, to present the same topics, year after year after year? Are these speakers presenting the same information as...